Greetings: Item (1) below is for all third-years; items (2), (3)
and (4) are for December graduates.
(1) The WI Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) has asked that all
third-years be reminded that, re the Diploma Privilege Information &
Filing Instructions, at the top of page two (under the heading
"Filing of an Application") are some specific guidelines.
These must be read & complied with. The BBE reports that
students have been submitting applications without the proper form of
payment and/or without the Authorization and Release Form. Note
that the Filing Instructions must be exactly followed for an application
to be considered filed.
(2) Reminder: Deadline to file. Per my e-mail of October
17th, the conferral date for December JD degrees will be December 21,
2008; thus, the deadline for submitting an application is at the close of
business (4:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Note that the
BBE does not recognize postmarks.
(3) Federal Bar Admission (Western District of WI). On
Friday, a packet of information was placed in December graduate
hang-files; complete & return (following all directions) by January
9th if you wish to be admitted in the Western District. (Note that
the large-group swearing-in date at both the WI Supreme Court and the
Western District of WI is Thursday, January 22nd.)
(4) Curricular Concentration Certification. If you believe
you have fulfilled the requirements for a Curricular Concentration and
wish to have this fact documented by the Law School (by issuance of a
certificate), you need to do the following by the end of the Final Exam
Period (that is, by no later than December 19th):
a. print out the appropriate Concentration web-page that lists the
pertinent requirements;
b. check off the courses that you have completed (or will have
completed);
c. submit the page to the Faculty Advisor along with an
unofficial transcript;
d. along with the above, provide a post-graduation mailing
address.
Also, if you have any questions re the particular Concentration
requirements, direct all such questions to the Faculty Advisor
concerned. The Faculty Advisor will then review the submitted
materials & verify whether you have completed the Concentration
requirements (to include whether you have done so with
"Honors"). The Faculty Advisor will then submit student
names (with addresses) to the Dean's Office, which will prepare
certificates and/or letters for mailing out as soon as possible. As
you probably know, the five individual Curricular Concentration web-pages
are linked from this page:
http://law.wisc.edu/academics/courses/
The respective Faculty Advisors for the five Concentrations are as
follows:
Criminal Law (Professor Dickey);
Family Law (Professor Brito);
Labor & Employment Law (Professor Clauss);
International Law (Professor Klug);
Estate Planning (Professor Erlanger)
Thank you for your attention.
K. M. Kelly
Submitted by Kevin Kelly on December 10, 2008
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